Publisher: Berkley (May 7, 2019) Publication Date: May 7, 2019 Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC Language: English I read The Kiss Quotient last summer and was delighted with Stella Lane’s character. She has Asperger’s Syndrome and Hoang does an exceptional job of giving us a glimpse of how Stella processes the world. I’m a massive fan of […]
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Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (June 11, 2019) Publication Date: June 11, 2019 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC Language: English Amazon When I first read the description of this novel on Netgalley, I was genuinely excited. It hits a lot of my soft spots – #ownvoices writers, m/m romance, socially aware, complex characters and diverse
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I should be writing the draft for my second novel. Instead, I just finished drafting the synopsis of a short story that has been nagging me since last week. It got me thinking about writing for its own sake, as opposed to writing for the sake of a project. Obviously, a writer can’t be successful
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You can download this graphic here, courtesy of Austin Kleon. When I set out to try to become a published writer, the first advice I recieved was to get a social media presence. Be accessible on all social media outlets. So I got everything – Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest – you name it,
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Booksellers: How to Bang a Billionaire/How to Blow It with a Billionaire Note: This is a review of both books together. Might be a bit spoilery. Definitely long-winded. I’d been putting off reading both novels since I found out about them because the third novel is scheduled for release in September and I wanted to
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I haven’t posted lately. The nice thing about being relatively unknown is there is no actual pressure to produce content because no one is waiting for you to post. Each blog post is a shout in the void and, for an anxious person like me, that works out just fine. With that established, I’ll tell
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This post is one of a series of writing exercises that I’ve used, either in a writing course or on my own. Each post includes this disclaimer, a description of the exercise, and an example from my own writing. If you would like to try out the exercises on your own blog, refer to the
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Publisher: Zebra Shout Publication Dates: September 26, 2017, March 27, 2018, November 27, 2018 Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services Language: English Hispanic American Literature/Fiction; Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Latinx I had long looked forward to reading a novel by Priscilla Oliveras, not only because I’d read so many positive things about her work,
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I was fortunate enough to participate in EOT Publications’ Shamrocks, Shillelaghs and Shenanigans: A St. Patrick Day’s Sexy Shorts Collection. As happens with these collaborations, after a specific period of time, the rights revert back to the author. As for my story, Dream of the Fae, I’m collecting together my short and novelette length paranormal
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3/23/19 I decided to participate in Linda G. Hill’s weekly Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompts. The original link for this week’s prompt can be found here if you would like to participate. Rules of engagement are at the end of this post. Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “the last piece of mail you received.”
 
 
